The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2000, V 104, N 35, 7 September.

ARTICLES

SPECTROSCOPY, GASEOUS CLUSTERS, AND MOLECULAR BEAMS

8155-8159
Photodissociation Dynamics of Hydrated Ni2+ Clusters:  
Ni2+(H2O)n (n = 4-7) 
Christopher J. Thompson, John Husband, Fernando Aguirre, and Ricardo B. Metz 

8160-8172
Reactions of Laser-Ablated Palladium and Platinum Atoms with Nitric Oxide:  
Infrared Spectra and Density Functional Calculations of MNO+,0,- and 
M(NO)2 in Solid Argon and Neon 
Angelo Citra and Lester Andrews 

8173-8177
Laser Desorption/Ionization of Transition Metal Atoms and Oxides from Solid Argon 
Lester Andrews, Andreas Rohrbacher, Christopher M. Laperle, and Robert E. Continetti 

8178-8182
Zero Electron Kinetic Energy Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations of 
InNH3 
Gretchen K. Rothschopf, Jimmye Shannon Perkins, Shenggang Li, and Dong-Sheng Yang 


KINETICS; ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY


8183-8193
Fast Processes in a N2O-Modulated Hollow Cathode Discharge:  
Excitation and Diffusion 
T. de los Arcos, M. Castillo, C. Domingo, V. J. Herrero, M. M. Sanz, and 
I. Tanarro 

8194-8206
Experimental and Modeling Study of Premixed Atmospheric-Pressure Dimethyl
 Ether-Air Flames 
E. W. Kaiser, T. J. Wallington, and M. D. Hurley , J. Platz, H. J. Curran, 
W. J. Pitz, and C. K. Westbrook 

8207-8215
Role of Dibromomalonic Acid in the Photosensitivity of the 
Ru(bpy)32+-Catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction 
Vladimir K. Vanag, Anatol M. Zhabotinsky, and Irving R. Epstein 


MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, BONDING, QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, AND GENERAL THEORY


8216-8223
A Novel Method to Correlate Layer Charge and the Catalytic Activity of 2:1 
Dioctahedral Smectite Clays in Terms of Binding the Interlayer Cation Surrounded 
by Monohydrate 
Abhijit Chatterjee, Takashi Iwasaki, and Takeo Ebina 

8224-8226
Acid-Base-Driven Multilevel Switching of Electronic Coupling in 2,4-Dimethylene 
Five-Member Heterocycles 
Slawomir Z. Janicki and Peter A. Petillo 

8227-8235
Spectroscopic and Theoretical Determination of the Electronic Structure of 
Anisole, Thioanisole, and Methoxy- and Methylthiobenzonitriles:  A Contribution 
to the Study of Organic Conducting Polymers 
Maurizio Dal Colle and Giuseppe Distefano, Derek Jones, Alberto Modelli 

8236-8243
Adiabatic One- and Two-Photon Excited States in Phenylene-Based Conjugated 
Oligomers:  A Quantum-Chemical Study 
Stoyan Karabunarliev, Martin Baumgarten, and Klaus Müllen 

8244-8255
NMR Shielding Calculations across the Periodic Table:  Diamagnetic Uranium 
Compounds. 1. Methods and Issues 
Georg Schreckenbach, Stephen K. Wolff, and Tom Ziegler 

8256-8262
Energy Gaps of, '-Substituted Oligothiophenes from Semiempirical, Ab Initio, and 
Density Functional Methods 
Marcos A. De Oliveira, Hélio A. Duarte, Jean-Michel Pernaut, and Wagner B. De Almeida 

8263-8269
Six Structures of the Hydrazine Dimer 
Volker Dyczmons 

8270-8282
Structures, Intramolecular Rotation Barriers, and Thermodynamic Properties 
(Enthalpies, Entropies and Heat Capacities) of Chlorinated Methyl Hydroperoxides 
(CH2ClOOH, CHCl2OOH, and CCl3OOH) 
Hongyan Sun, Chiung-Ju Chen, and Joseph W. Bozzelli 

8283-8289
Accounting for Environmental Effects in ab Initio Calculations of Proton 
Transfer Barriers 
Markus A. Lill, Michael C. Hutter, and Volkhard Helms 

8290-8295
Carbon-13 Chemical-Shift Tensors in Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds. 9. 
Biphenylene 
Dewey H. Barich, Anita M. Orendt, Ronald J. Pugmire, and David M. Grant 


GENERAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY


8296-8306
Photochemical and Photophysical Deactivation of 2,4,6-Triaryl-1,3,5-triazines 
Frank Elbe, Juergen Keck, Anja P. Fluegge, Horst E. A. Kramer, Peter Fischer,
Pascal Hayoz, David Leppard, Gerhard Rytz, Wolfgang Kaim, and Michael Ketterle 

8307-8314
Infrared (ATR) Study of Hydrogen Bonding in Solutions Containing Water and 
Ethylene Carbonate 
Paula A. Brooksby and W. Ronald Fawcett 

8315-8322
Photoinduced Charge Transfer between Tetracyano-Anthraquino-Dimethane 
Derivatives and Conjugated Polymers for Photovoltaics 
Gerald Zerza, Markus C. Scharber, Christroph J. Brabec, and N. Serdar 
Sariciftci, Rafael Gómez, José L. Segura, and Nazario Martín, Vojislav I. Srdanov